For those of you not following Pamela's period problems on the ladies general board, I thought this to be importent for all to see. I hope it is helpful and that everyone finds it ineresting.
Hey all I am in the middle of reading an article on calcium in the October issue of Oxygen Magizene and thought I should share an alarming find.
The daily requirement is 1,200 milligrams and says that most women don't meet this amount each day. Besides leading to Osteoporosis, a deficiency in calcium can cause high blood pressure, severity of premenstrual syndrome, kidney stones, and worst case scenario, infertility and colon cancer.
I hadn't ever thought about it before but I took a minute to ponder that and this is what I realized:
Usually I drink a lot of milk and eat a lot of cheese. My symptoms of PMS are generally very mild. This includes mild cramps, lower back pain and fatigue which last 2-3 days before my period is due and stops the day or day after my period starts. My period is usually so light that I can use one tampon during the day and one at night and it only lasts 3-4 days.
This past month I have hardly drank any milk and have eaten a lot less cheese then normal. The result you might wonder, this month my period is kicking my ass. I have had major cramps (so bad that I can hardly move), I am more tired then usual (which I didn't think possible), and my back and neck are killing me. After 4 hours of my period starting the symptoms have not let up and my tampon was full. In fact, the flow is so heavy that while I was drying off from my hot bath (which didn't do much to help any, normally it helps a lot) a stream of blood ran down my leg and onto the floor.
The article also includes a few recipes for some dishes high in calcium and has a chart called The Best Sources Of Calcium From Food. I recommend you all pick up this issue of Oxygen so you can read the full article.
In conclusion, and I can't stress this enough, make sure you get enough calcium in your system each day!


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I just experienced true PMS this past year, and I'm not happy with it.
So I do occasional studies on serotonin depletion. I ran accross an article 
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